Association Between Anesthetic Drugs for General Anesthesia and Postoperative Intelligence/behavioral Assessment Results in Children

Association Between Anesthetic Drugs for General Anesthesia and Postoperative Intelligence/behavioral Assessment Results in Children

In this study, we compared the results of the intelligence and behavioral test performed after surgery between the group using sevoflurane and the group receiving dexmedetomidine and remifentanil, in Korean children under 2 years of age who underwent surgery under general anesthesia.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children under 2 years of age who underwent general anesthesia for elective surgeries inlcuding urology, surgery, plastic surgery, orthopedics, and otolaryngology, etc, which were non-staged and non-repetitive procedures
• American Society of Anesthesiology Physical Status I, II

Exclusion Criteria:

• Allergies to narcotic analgesics
• With massive bleeding or shock
• Heart, lung, kidney or liver disease
• Central / peripheral nervous system disease and disorder
• Any physical deformity and disorder, genetic disease, chromosomal disease
• Previous history of general anesthesia or sedation
• Developmental delay identified through K-DST results
• Additional exposure to general anesthetics or sedative drugs during follow-up